- Mass Ukrainian Drone Strike Targets Moscow, Russia, Russia, several closed airports
- 9 Ukrainian children saved from the territories occupied by Russia, says the office of the president
- Trump says European leaders Putin do not want peace because he believes that the winning war in Russia in Ukraine reports WSJ
- Kyiv proposes that EU partners directly help finance the Ukrainian soldiers under a new model
- Russia says that 159 Ukrainian drones have shot in less than a day
Russian air defense systems killed 105 Ukrainian drones overnight on May 22, including 35 intercepted against Moscow Oblast, said the Russian Defense Ministry.
The mayor of Moscow, Sergei Sobyanin, said that all drones were flying to the Russian capital.
Due to the drone attack, the four Moscow Airports – Sheremetyevo, VNUKOVO, DOMODEDOVO and ZHUKOVSKY – as well as TAMBOV and VLADIMIR airports were temporarily closed.
Other Ukrainians drones Were also slaughtered on Onts Oryol, Kursk, Belgorod, Tula, Kaluga, Voronezh, Lipetsk, Smolensk and Bryansk, said the Russian Defense Ministry.
The Governor of the Oblast of Tula, Dmitry Milyaev, said that one of the drones crashed on the roof of an apartment building in Tula. The attack has also damaged other residential and non-residential buildings, he said.
The Russian authorities have not pointed out any other damage or reported by victims.
Later on May 22, the Russian Defense Ministry said that 485 Ukrainian drones had been killed in the last three days, from May 20 to 22, including 63 against Moscow Oblast.
Kyiv did not comment on attacks. The independent kyiv could not verify the reports.
Ukraine’s new drone strategy – Cripple Moscow airports make the Russian population “ pay ”
Hundreds of Ukrainian suicide bomber drones have stolen from Moscow in recent weeks. No one even seems to have reached the Russian capital, but the effect on the city – and the country in general – has been extremely significant. Ukrainian drones have forced at least 217 temporary airport closings across Russia since January 1,
9 Ukrainian children rescued from Russian-occupied territories, President's Office says
Ukraine has brought nine other children from Russia occupied by Ukrainian areas, said the head of the presidential office on May 22, said the head of the presidential office.
Since the start of the large -scale invasion, Ukraine has identified on 19,500 children forcibly expelled to Russia, Belarus or the occupied territories. Until now, only about 1,300 of them have been safely brought to a territory controlled by the Ukrainian government.
Among the children rescued is a girl whose life was in danger due to the lack of adequate medical care in the occupied territories, and a boy who, with his mother, was locked in a basement by Russian forces While his father was tortured in a neighboring room, Yermak said.
Others include two sisters who have not left their house for almost three years due to constant bombing and the presence of Russian tanks, and a teenager who was cut off from online schooling due to communication blockages imposed by Russian forces.
“These children have experienced horrors,” Yermak said in a statement. “We perform the president’s task: bring all the children home.”
Trump tells European leaders Putin doesn’t want peace because he believes Russia winning war in Ukraine, WSJ reports
US President Donald Trump told European leaders this week that Russian President Vladimir Putin was not ready for peace in Ukraine because he thinks he won the war, Wall Street Journal reported on May 22, citing three uncluttered sources.
Trump reported The statement has marked the first time that he recognized European leaders what they and kyiv have maintained for a long time – the Kremlin does not intend to end its large -scale war against Ukraine.
The May 19 conversation would have Understood President Volodymyr Zelensky, Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, French president Emmanuel Macron, Finnish president Alexander Stubb, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, president of the European Commission Ursula Von der Leyen and the president of the European Council Antonio Costa.
Earlier the same day, Trump detained A telephone call with Putin, a few days after largely negotiations In Istanbul, where Russia has sent a delegation of low -level civil servants.
European leaders of the call would have seemed “surprised” that Trump was “relatively happy” of what he heard from Putin, Axios reported May 20.
Why Washington did not end the Russian-Ukrainian war
At the beginning of the 19th century, one of the founding fathers of modern war studies, the Prussian general and military historian Carl Von Clausewitz, commented the Napoleonic wars: “The conqueror is still kind to peace; He would prefer to walk in our state calmly. ” This remains an observation that applies to
Kyiv proposes EU partners help directly fund Ukrainian military under new model
Ukraine asks that the EU is starting to support its armed forces from 2026, presenting the idea as a practical means of strengthening the collective defense of Europe and sharing the cost of the Russian aggression, said Ukrainian Minister Serhii Marchenko on May 22.
The EU has not so far financed the military of Ukraine directly, but the Member States provide weapons and other aids through national programs and wider EU support packages.
Marchenko said Kyiv offers a new model: European partners would help finance the Ukrainian army and, in return, Ukraine would still be integrated into the continent’s defense system.
“I am convinced that this decision has a number of strategic advantages for Ukraine, in particular by maintaining financial stability in 2026 and beyond,” said Marchenko statement After meetings with G7 financial leaders in Canada.
“And for the EU – protection against Russian potential aggression. After all, the Ukrainian army To all the experience necessary for this. “”
Under the proposal, the cost of support UkraineThe soldiers would represent only a small fraction of the EU combined GDP, said Marchenko, and could be shared between the countries arranged to participate. These contributions could count to NATO Defense expenditure targets.
Russia says 159 Ukrainian drones shot down in less than a day
The Russian air defenses would have intercepted more than 150 Ukrainian drones in several regions, including areas close to the capital, in what seems to be one of the largest air attacks of this type, said on May 22 of the Russian Ministry of Defense.
For at least two days in a row, Ukraine launched massive waves of drones deeply in Russian territory. Between the evening of May 20 and the morning of May 22, Russia claims to have killed 485 drones on its territory.
According to the Russian army, 159 drones were destroyed between 8 a.m. and 8 p.m., Moscow time on May 22. The ministry said that Ukrainian drones had been intercepted in several central and Western regions, including Moscowwhere 22 drones were killed. The surrounding regions of Kursk, Oryol, Tula and others have also been attacked, with dozens of drones intercepted in each area.
The ministry described drones as unanswered air vehicles with fixed sail. The independent Kyiv could not independently check the complaints. Ukrainian authorities have not commented.
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